Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior
Abstract Post‐release mortality threatens shark populations already imperiled by overfishing, capture stress, and a changing climate. Few studies have quantified post‐release mortality for sharks captured in land‐based recreational fisheries. From 2018 to 2021, a land‐based shark post‐release mortal...
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| author | Kesley Gibson Banks Matthew K. Streich J. Marcus Drymon Steven B. Scyphers John A. Mohan R. J. David Wells Addie L. Binstock Travis M. Richards Connor F. White Nicholas M. Whitney Gregory W. Stunz |
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| description | Abstract Post‐release mortality threatens shark populations already imperiled by overfishing, capture stress, and a changing climate. Few studies have quantified post‐release mortality for sharks captured in land‐based recreational fisheries. From 2018 to 2021, a land‐based shark post‐release mortality study was conducted and identified water temperature and species‐specific behavior as contributing factors to post‐release mortality. The purpose of this study was to estimate the effectiveness of disseminating the recommendation for best practices to recreational shark anglers and to determine if this information influenced angler behavior. Awareness of our post‐release mortality study influenced an angler's likely release behavior, with an increase in sharks landed in the water and corresponding decrease of sharks landed on dry sand. This study demonstrated direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior following effective research communication and involvement of anglers in research. Outreach and engagement initiatives aimed at providing best handling practices to recreational anglers should be easily digestible, widely available, and an important component of future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72de4e0a2c5e463b9ef86aa125213d372023-09-21T07:23:30ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542023-09-0159n/an/a10.1111/csp2.13001Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behaviorKesley Gibson Banks0Matthew K. Streich1J. Marcus Drymon2Steven B. Scyphers3John A. Mohan4R. J. David Wells5Addie L. Binstock6Travis M. Richards7Connor F. White8Nicholas M. Whitney9Gregory W. Stunz10Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Texas USAHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Texas USACoastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi‐Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Mississippi State University Starkville Mississippi USADauphin Island Sea Lab University of South Alabama Mobile Alabama USAUniversity of New England School of Marine and Environmental Programs Biddeford Maine USATexas A&M University at Galveston Galveston Texas USAUniversity of New England School of Marine and Environmental Programs Biddeford Maine USATexas A&M University at Galveston Galveston Texas USAHarvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USAAnderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life New England Aquarium Boston Massachusetts USAHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Texas USAAbstract Post‐release mortality threatens shark populations already imperiled by overfishing, capture stress, and a changing climate. Few studies have quantified post‐release mortality for sharks captured in land‐based recreational fisheries. From 2018 to 2021, a land‐based shark post‐release mortality study was conducted and identified water temperature and species‐specific behavior as contributing factors to post‐release mortality. The purpose of this study was to estimate the effectiveness of disseminating the recommendation for best practices to recreational shark anglers and to determine if this information influenced angler behavior. Awareness of our post‐release mortality study influenced an angler's likely release behavior, with an increase in sharks landed in the water and corresponding decrease of sharks landed on dry sand. This study demonstrated direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior following effective research communication and involvement of anglers in research. Outreach and engagement initiatives aimed at providing best handling practices to recreational anglers should be easily digestible, widely available, and an important component of future research.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13001behaviorconservationland‐based shark fishingrecreational anglerssharksurvey |
| spellingShingle | Kesley Gibson Banks Matthew K. Streich J. Marcus Drymon Steven B. Scyphers John A. Mohan R. J. David Wells Addie L. Binstock Travis M. Richards Connor F. White Nicholas M. Whitney Gregory W. Stunz Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior Conservation Science and Practice behavior conservation land‐based shark fishing recreational anglers shark survey |
| title | Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior |
| title_full | Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior |
| title_fullStr | Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior |
| title_short | Talk is cheap: Direct evidence of conservation‐based changes in angler behavior |
| title_sort | talk is cheap direct evidence of conservation based changes in angler behavior |
| topic | behavior conservation land‐based shark fishing recreational anglers shark survey |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13001 |
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